Google's Fuchsia OS Confirmed To Have Android App Support Via Android Runtime (9to5google.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: We've long suspected that Google's upcoming operating system, Fuchsia, would join the ranks of Chrome OS (and Android) in its support for Android apps. Today, that suspicion has been confirmed by a new change found in the Android Open Source Project, and we can say with confidence that Fuchsia will be capable of running Android apps using the Android Runtime. To make it simple, Fuchsia will use a specially designed version of the Android Runtime ("ART" above) to run Android applications. This version of ART will be installable on any Fuchsia device using a .far file, Fuchsia's equivalent of Android's APK.

How exactly Fuchsia will use the Android Runtime from there is still unclear. This is includes whether the Android Runtime is able to work as expected to replace Linux kernel calls with equivalents from Fuchsia's Zircon kernel or if ART will run inside of a Linux virtual machine using Machina, Fuchsia's virtual machine system. Regardless, what is clear is that Fuchsia devices are intended to run Android applications.

Comments

Re:Google blows!!!

[phantomfive]

What kind of moron would trade privacy for free stuff?

99.9% of humanity.

Another step closer to removing Linux from Android

[iampiti]

I don't know what are the intentions of Google regarding Fuchsia but I'd bet they want it to replace Android on the long term. After all, Linux is the largest piece of software in the Android stack that Google doesn't control

Re: Google blows!!!

[Tarlus]

Doesn't matter what platform you're using, the only way to keep Facebook out of your life is to stay away from Facebook.